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An Austin-area man is suing the city of Lakeway and the city of Bee Cave for alleged excessive use of force against him, claiming the police dragged him down the stairs of his home and put him in handcuffs unprompted. The complaint was filed in U.S. district court on Sept. 1.

The complaint claims that in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2015, Lakeway police responded to a call for a possible domestic dispute at the home of Mark Koshnick, a commercial banker. The suit states Koshnick, 47 at the time of the incident, initially spoke with police and assured them that no “domestic situation” was taking place and everyone in the home was safe. Later, according to the lawsuit, Lakeway police returned along with Bee Cave police and broke Koshnick’s front and back door, dragged him down the stairs of his home and cuffed him, placing him inside a police vehicle. The lawsuit said that his wife Tracey Koshnick was arrested and taken to jail.

Mark Koshnick was never formally arrested or charged with a crime, and the charges against Tracey Koshnick, now 49, were ultimately dropped.

The suit describes Mark Koshnick as “compliant” and “non-confrontational” during the incident. Officers did not read Koshnick his Miranda Rights, the complaint claims.

“The assault on the plaintiff was unprovoked and unwarranted,” the lawsuit states. “The officers from the City of Lakeway Police Department and the City of Bee Cave Police Department used excessive force to subdue the plaintiff, Mark Koshnick where there was no objective or subjective reason to use any force or to escalate beyond the use of verbal orders or controls.”

The lawsuit states that the officers, acting in an official capacity for their cities, violated Koshnick’s constitutional rights, and the lawsuit also puts forth the argument that this is a result of “policies and/or customs” by both departments as well as a “pattern of misconduct” in both police departments. Both cities, the lawsuit argues, are guilty of “wrongful hiring, training, supervising, disciplining and maintaining public servants of quality and character” of the officers involved in the 2015 incident.

Representatives of the city of Lakeway and the city of Bee Cave both declined to comment on the ongoing litigation. Koshnick and his attorney did not immediately return calls for comment.

Koshnick is demanding damages to compensate medical expenses, mental anguish and lost wages and earning capacity.